[webkit-help] Diagnosing QuickTime Plugin

[Dan Wood]

Strange ... I know all about embed not strictly being in this doctype, but i've never seen this issue before except for on *this* site.....

I am suspecting that it is because the audio file is coming down so slow, that QuickTime doesn't recognize it as valid in a reasonable time.

On Jul 15, 2010, at 7:23 PM, Jeff Johnson wrote:

> Hi Dan.
> 
> The error console in the web inspector is complaining about the embed element. It appears that embed is not a valid element for your doctype. If you get rid of all the XHTML declarations at the beginning, it seems to work.
> 
> You can also see the problem if you use the W3C validator:
> 
> http://validator.w3.org/
> 
> -Jeff
> 
> 
> On Jul 15, 2010, at 6:21 PM, Dan Wood wrote:
> 
>> I'm having trouble with a webview not loading QuickTime properly.  This problem also exhibits itself in Safari, but Firefox is OK!
>> 
>> Check out the embedded quicktime on this page http://thesnapblog.com/tunes-collection/all-day-hillsong-united.html  (or many others in "the fusion collection" on that site) and note the tiny blue "Q" icon with question mark indicating the quicktime plugin having a problem.
>> 
>> I'm using the javascript loading technique, though the <noscript> part, which is equivalent, shows the issue.
>> 
>> 
>> The file it references is there, and playable if its URL is directly entered into the browser bar -- since Firefox plays it, that is perhaps obvious.
>> 
>> Any suggestions on how to diagnose why the QuickTime Plugin is having problems?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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